Cross-linguistic influence on mid vowels of late Salento Italian-French bilinguals
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https://doi.org/10.36505/TheLinguisticProceedings/2025/16/01/006/000666Keywords:
mid vowels, cross-linguistic influence, Italian, FrenchAbstract
This study examines open and close mid vowels in the native language (L1), the Italian variety spoken in Salento, and the second language (L2), French, of 15 Italians from Salento living in the Paris region (hereafter bilinguals, B). The study investigates phonetic L1-L2 and L2-L1 influence in speech production by comparing bilingual productions with those of 15 Italian and 15 French control speakers. Acoustic analysis of formant values revealed no evidence of L2-L1 influence, but showed L1 influence on the bilinguals’ L2 production of /ɛ/, /e/, /o/, and /ɔ/ in relation to F1 and/or F2 values.
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